Sonya is creeping back up the rankings, still struggling a bit against some of the higher ranked players in the challengers, but she's been regularly getting through the qualifying which is really helping her ranking and hopefully her confidence too

Keep it up Sonya!

"Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. Any if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

not sure if everyone knew or not, but Sonya competed in Miami pre-qualifying - she reached the quarterfinals, where sadly she lost to Tiffany Dabek.

too abd she lost, as she'd beaten Dabek late last year, but every match counts for something, and hopefully we will see her continuing to steadily improve with each tournament

"Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. Any if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

Sonya is currently in Miami still, but in the doubles main draw with Meilen Tu. They face Kournikova/Dementieva

good luck girls!

"Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. Any if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

"Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. Any if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!

well unfortunately Sonya and Meilen's run ended yesterday with a tough 6-1, 6-2 loss to Liezel Huber and Magdalena Maleeva.

Tough matchup for them against a team with a more consistent game than Kournikova/Dementieva.

Still though, a great effort for them, and Sonya's doubles ranking should take a decent jump up from her current spot just inside the top 200

Keep going Sonya

"Religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man living in the sky who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. Any if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!